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VOL. IX. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY , NOVEMBER, 15,1897 N0.48. m TO 6 I i i : WASHINGTON LETTER. . Fi'om oar Regular Correspondent. ' Senator Jones, of Arknn Has, Chairman of the Demo era tic National Committee, arrived in Washington in a decidedly jubilant Htate ol mind over the results of last week's election'. He suid on the subject: "Well, vou bet Tin tickled. I, makes uie feel 25 years yonnger and makes inn understand that the American people have not been bought or blinded this time. The results are an omen of coming and greater pmd. It just takes cpposi tionnnd sorrow to develop the full strength of thedemo cratie party. This result convinces me that the silver sentiment grows, grows and grows, and that by the next Presidential election, it will have gi own to an irresistible strength. .Inst mark my words. Error dies from a pin scratch, but truth dur vives the cj clone. The dem ocratic party isTruth. When it comes to n long race and a hard race, the democratic party gets there. I am vt'r.v sorry because of the turn matters have taken in old Maryland, but hope for her is not dead in my bosom yet. Of course it would have been more desirable had Mark Hanna been inhumed under an avalanche of democratic votes, but wIph a great man saves his scalp only by the skin of his tee'.h, it is virtual ly a defeat. One of the most interest ing stories growing out of the Ohio election is now , be ing told on the quiet in Wash ington, and it finds believers, too. According to this sto ly, Secretary Sherman has been approached by Fora ker republicans and offered an opportunity to get even with Boss Hanna and Mr McKinley for the shabby treatment they have given him, not only by preventing Hanaas election to the Sen ate, but by securing his own return to that body. Mr. Sherman is too old a bird to gobble up everything tempt ing that is placed before him, but he is said to have this proposition under considera tion and to be making a quiet investigation, through t runted agents, as to the probability of success should he consent to enter the nnti Hanna combine. The scheme io brief is for the Fora ker members of the Ohio legisla ture to stay ovt of the repub lican caucus, which will, of course, nominate Hanna for Senate, and to nominate Oov. Bunnell or some other thick and thin Foraker man as the anti-caucus candidate. The Forakerites claim t o have members enough t o bring about and keep up for an indefinite periol, a dead . lock in the legislature nnd they argue that after Hanna sees his own election to be an impossibility, he will be willing to join Bushnell in withdrawing ana in agreeing upon a compromise candi date who can get the entire republican vote and be elect ed. That is where the Fora- kerites tell Mr Sliprmanthat he can come in. They say that they will suggest him as a compromise candidate for f he Senate, and that much 9S they would like to neither Boss Hanna nor Mr. McKin ley will dare to object. There are too many ''ifs' in this scheme, but it indicates hoiv harmonious the Ohio repub hcans are. Consul General Lee has re ceived his final instructions and will this week return to to Cuba. He is as careful as ever about discussing Cuban matiers, but there are good reasons tor saying that he is confident that there will be peace in Cuba in a few months. It was because of this belief on his part that he agreed, when urgently re quested to do so by Mr. Mc Kinley, to lemain in Cuba un til the trouble won over. The army o f pensioners still steadily grows in num bers, notwithstanding the as sertion of several Commis sioners of Pensions that it had rebelled high water mark and was abou: to stait on the down grade. The annual report of Commissioner Evans shows that there were 5,336 morj names on the rolls on June 30, 1897, thai. there were one year before, notwithstanding the drop ping, during the fiscal year for dpatb and other causes ot 41,122 names. There were 976.014 op the roll at the Hose of the last fiscal year, a n d, unless, death claims a n unusually large nutnber, it is probable that the million mark will be pass ed before the close of the present gscal year. Froir all directions co:.ie complaints about he tre mendous rise in the price o almost e very t h i rig, exce piin g the only article that more than half of our people have to sell their labor. An ex pert says of the effect of the Dingley tariff upon the price of men's clothes: aA suit of clothes that could be bought last yeai for J 5 00 cannot be duplicated now under $20.00 and that fact is an annoyance to dealers and customers alike. IHth men of ample means, who have their clothes made by fash ionable tailors $5.00 or $10, 00 advance on a suit is hard ly noticed, and if noticed evokes no complaint. It is very different, however, with those who have to be careful in their expenditures, for to this class $5.00 represent a considerable sum. Thp num ber of men who buy $15.00 or $20 00 suits is largely in excess of those who pay tailors $40.00 and $50.00 for a suit, and it is from the poor and the middle class that the kick against the Dingley tariff is s u r e to come," - v . . , V ; Asheville Citizen: Mayor Elect Van Wvck's-caiiiuainti expenses are put down at $1 58. As his term is four years and his salary $15,000 per annum, the Investment ap pearsto'ieapayingone. And lie didn't make a speech! A . W" ' ' Ma-Ta-ttte for JTlfty Cast -GoamatoM tobuoco tAblt cur, mike weak men ulrong, blood pure. toe, 11. AU druwnM. Way People Don't Uo to Church. Christian World. Burjette hits many a nail on the head. How like? hu man excuses are the follow ing: "So you are not going to church this morning, m y son?"' "Ah, yesl I see. "The mus ic is not good; that's a pity. That's what you go to church for, to hear the music. And the less, we pay the better music we demand." "'And the pews are not comfortable.' That's too bad the Sabbath is a day of rest, and we ought to go to church for repose. The less we do through the week the more rest we clamor for on the Sabbath." "'The church is so far a way; t is too far to walk, and you detest riding on a street car, and they're al ways crowded on the Sab bath.' This is, indeed, dis trussing; sometimes I think homo much farther a way hea ven is than the church, and that there a re no con veyan?es on the road of any descrip tion, I wonder how some of ut are going to get there." "'And the sermon is so long; al ways.' A 1 I these thmgs are, indeed, to be re gretted. I would regret them more sincerelji , my boy, did I not know that you will of ten squeeze into a stuffed street car, with a hundred other men, breathing au in cense of whiskey, beer and to bacco, bang on a Btrap by your eyelids for two miles, and then pay fifty cects for the privilege of sitting on a rough plank in the broiling sun for two hours longer, while in tin intervals of the game a scratch band will blow discordant thunder out of a dozen misfit h'rns right into your ears, and come home to talk the test of the family into a state of aural paralysis about the ,'dandi est gam; you ever saw pmy ed pa that ground.' r,Ah, my boy I You sec what staying away from church does. It develops a habit of lying. There isn't one man in a hundred who could go on the witness si and and give, under oath, the same reasons for not going to ?hureh that he gives his family every Sabbath morn ing. My son, if "you didn't think ,tou ought to go you wouldn't make any excuses for not going. No man apol igizs for doing right." "Yes, too hot to go to church," was the decided ex clamation of Mrs. Dooliitle, the other Sabbath. Oh, but she went up town on Mon day to attend a fire sale of goods ard, indeed, the crowd was so great and the weath er o hot that several ladies well-nigh died before they could get relief but Mrs.Doo- littK crqwded in and stood for two hours, waiting Jto get a ihmce to buy two smoked up, soiled handkerchiefs at five cents "apiece which for merly were sold for fifteen I cents, am4, indeed, ahe came home arid.? made three calls among her neighbors to tell them how cheap, things are selling up at the fire sale. ATTENTION, RBl'UBLIC&XS. Omaha World-Herald. . Republicans, the last Re publican platform pledgfd the party to endeavor to se cure iuternational bimetal lism. That plank was a con demnation of '.he gold stand ard. To promise to rid the nation ol the gold standard is a confession that it is bad. President McKinley asked Congress for authority to ap point a commission to visit Europe and ask the leaoiag nations of the old world to hdp the United States to let go of a gold standard. The com minion went to France, and France consented to bi metallism, thereby declining the gold standard to have been injurious to France. The commission went to Ger many and found Germany disposed to waiton England. The commission went toEng lnd and remained there for three months, hopingforaid. When the government and the Bank of England inti mated that England might be willing to make some flight concessions, the bank ers of London met in secret session on Sept. 22, a n d protested. Now the English government has bowed to the will of the London bank ers and refused to lead any assistance. Republicans, your party t ui-fied over the control of ur finances to Europe, Eu rope '.urned the matter over I to Euglnnd, England turned tin; matter over to the Lon don bankers, and the London bankers declared against bi metallism and pledged them selves to secrecy. Republicans, aie you will ing t o allow the London bankers to meet in secret and determine the financial policy of the American people? Republicans, are you will ing to allow the London bankers to meet in secret and control the destinies of the American people? Republicans, are you will ing t o allow the London bankers to meet in secret and del ermine theconditions which shall snrround your children? Republicans, an you not ready to join those who favor the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coin age of gold and silver at the preeejit legal ratio of 16 to 1 without waiting for the aid or consent of anr other na tipn? It often happens that the doctor is out of town when he is most needed. .The two year old daughrer of J. Y. Schenck, ol Caddo Ind. Ter ritory, was threatened with cioup. He writes: "My wife insisted that I go for the doclorat once, but as he was out of town, I purchased a bottle o f Chamberlain's Cough Remedr, which re lieved the child immediate ly." A bottle of thi.t remedy in the house will often save the expense o f a doctor' bill, besides the anxiety al ways occasioned by serious sick news. When it is given as soon as the croupy cough ap pears, it will prevent the at tack. Thousands of moth ers always keep it in their homes. The 25 nnd 50 cent bott'es for sale by M,' B. Blackburn. A Grandmother'! Rules. Somebody's grandmother has bequeathed to lerdecend ants these admirable rules of conduct: One is: Always look at the person to who u you speak. W hen yon areaddressed.look straight at the person who speaks to you. Do not forget this. A not her: Speak your words plainly do not mutter nor mumble. If words are worth saying, they are worth pro nouncingdistiLctly and clear l.v. A fourth: Think three times before you speak once. Have you something to do that you find hard and would prefei not to do? Then lis ten to wise old grand motner. Do the hard things first and get them over with. If you ha ve done wrong, go a n d con fess it. If vonr lesson is tough maste it. If the garden is to.be weeded, weed it first and play afterward. Do first the thing you don't like to uo, and then, with a clear conscience, try the rest.-Bin-lical Recorder. INTOXICATION NO EXCUSE. Not long ago a judge in one ot the western communities held that when a man deliberately filled himself with liquor until he bst control of himself he wnsleg ally responsible tor whatever he did while he was intoxicated. We do not know whether this is good law or not, but it is good sense. Any other rule would make it too easy for criminals to escape punishment. A burglar might plead that be was intoyicated when he robbed a house, or a murderer might plead that he was mad from drink when he killed a man; but such an excuse would not restore the dead to life nor would it protect the com m unity irom a repetition of the crime. Intoxication may some times be an explanation, but it ought not 1 o be considered a rle fense. Brooklyn Eagle. "ran no risks. The boy hung back when the visitor spoke to him, and his mother was naturally an noyed. "Won't you go to Mr. Brown, Willie?" she asked. "No," replied the boy, short. iy. "Don't you like me?" ask ed Mrs. Blown, good natur ediy. "No, Idon't,"answeredthe boy. "Why, Willie!" exclaimed his mother, reproachfully. "Well, I guess I got whip ped for not telling the truth yesterday, and I nin,t taking no chances to day," protest ed th(j boy .-Chicago Post. From the Lone Star State co hips the following letter, written by W. F.Gass. editor of the Mt. Vernon, (Tex.) Herald: "1 have used Cham berlain's colic, cholera and diarrhoea r:medy in my fam ily for the past year, and find it the bfst remedy for colic and diarrhoea that I have ever tried. Its effects are in stantaneous and satisfac tory, and I cheerfully recom-j mend it, especially for cramp colic and diarrhoea. Indeed. we shall try and keep a bot tle of it on our medicine shelf as long as we keep house." For sain oy M. B. Blackburn. Memory is a golden casket that has many secret valves. To Car CenstlpaUoa ForoTtv. Take ftucareta Candy Cathtrtlo. lUo or So. II C C. C (ill to euro, druggist rotund money. To Car Constipation Tararor. Talie Ci.irnrf H Candy Cutbartle. 10c or He. if C. U- C. fuil to cure. drugtfiMa refund nooey. PROFESSIONAL. W. B. COUNCILLOR. Attorney at La n. Boone, N. C W. B. COUNCILL, M. D. Boone, N.C. ' Resident Phvsirlnn. ' Office i;i Kinr .Stir-er north ofPost Oliice. E. F. LOV1LL." J. C. FLETCHEIt I.OViLL & FLETCHER ATlOUNhYSATLAW, BOONE, N. C. Special attention 21 veu 10 tne cojietion olclaims. T. C, Black-born, M. D., Boone, N. C. Dr. T. J. ProHtt, Mast, N. C. Blackburn & Profitt Associated practicing physi cians. Tnlls promptlv attend ed. 8-5, '97. WILLIAM It. LOVILL. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Suthcrlands, N. C. Practices in the State and Federal courts, JOHN ft'. DYhli, BLACKSMITH and WH2PXKIGHT, (St. Jude, N. C.) 1 am now well prepared to do your smith and wood work on short notice. I now have on hand for sale a new two-horse wagon that I wish to sell. Call arid exam ine it. Repairing hacks, wag ons, etc. a specialty. Call. Dr, J. M. HOGSHEAD, Cancer Specialist, BANNER'S ELK. N. C. Ao Knife; No Burning Oili Highest reffereuces andendors tnents of prom inert persons suc cessfully treated in Va., Tenn. and N. 0. Remember that, there is no time too soon to get rid ot a cancerous growth no matter how small. Kxnminntimi froo letters answered promptly, and satisfaction guaranteed. W. L Douglas J I y fci FIT FCR A KINC. 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